English Language Arts Option for Teacher Licensure (B.A.)
Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 123 semester hours
Semester Hours required for the English Language Arts Option: 55 semester hours
The English Language Arts Licensure Option is for students who would like to major in English and gain Illinois state licensure at the secondary level to teach English language arts. Students must receive a "C" or better in all courses used toward graduation, regardless of where they are taken. This includes general education, professional education, major and minor course, all university required courses, and electives. Students must maintain a minimum cumulative and major GPA of 2.75 in order to continue in the program. For students also wanting to be eligible to teach middle school language arts, additional Middle Level Education courses are required.
Core Requirements
Please note that a GPA of 2.75, both cumulative and in the major, is required for departmental approval to student teach. Major GPA based on all English courses taken at EIU, excluding ENG 0990, 0995, 1000, 1001G, 1002G, 1091G, and 1092G. A grade of C or better is required in each course that applies to the major. For the education course work required for this option, see "Teacher Licensure Programs."
This option requires that students follow and meet the requirements for Admission, Retention and Graduation from Teacher Licensure programs as described in the "Teacher Licensure Programs" section of this catalog and as explained at the University Admission to Teacher Education Meeting which all students must attend. Additional information on Admission, Retention and Graduation for Teacher Licensure programs can be found on the College of Education website at https://www.eiu.edu/coe/teached.php.
Students must receive a "C" or better in all courses counted toward the English major and in all professional education courses and must maintain a minimum cumulative and major GPA of 2.75 in order to continue in the program.
Students must complete the professional education coursework following the Secondary Education Professional Education Course Sequence. Information is available in the Teacher Licensure Program section of this catalog.
Students must pass the edTPA (teacher performance assessment) before they can receive their teaching license from Illinois or any other state. Students will make their edTPA submission during student teaching.
English with Language Arts Licensure Option
Standard High School Licensure with no minor required.
Semester Hours required for the English with Language Arts Certificate Option: 55 semester hours
English Major Core Courses (16 credits) All of:
ENG 1105
English Major Forum. (1 credits)
ENG 2205
Introduction to Literary Studies. (3 credits)
ENG 2901
Structure of English. (3 credits)
ENG 2950
Transatlantic Literary History: Culture, Literacies, and Technologies I. (3 credits)
ENG 2960
Transatlantic Literary History: Culture, Literacies, and Technologies II. (3 credits)
English Language Arts Major (Total Semester Hours: 39)
Writing (6 credits)
ENG 3001
Advanced Composition. (3 credits)
ENG 3008
Digital Writing and Multimodal Texts. (3 credits)
English Education (9 credits)
ENG 3401
Methods of Teaching Composition in the Middle and Secondary School. (3 credits)
ENG 3402
Methods of Teaching Literature in the Middle and Secondary School. (3 credits)
ENG 4903
Young Adult Literature. (3 credits)
MLE 4280
Content Area Reading in the Elementary, Middle and Secondary School. (3 credits)
(Recommended, Not Required)
Literature and Culture before 1800 (3 credits)
ENG 2601
Backgrounds of Western Literature. (3 credits)
ENG 3601A
Studies in Major Writers Before 1800. (3 credits)
ENG 3604A
Special Topics in Literature and Language Before 1800. (3 credits)
ENG 3700
American Literature: 1450 to 1800. (3 credits)
ENG 3800
Medieval British Literature. (3 credits)
ENG 3802
Shakespeare. (3 credits)
ENG 3803
Renaissance and Seventeenth-Century British Literature. (3 credits)
ENG 3804
Milton. (3 credits)
ENG 3805
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature. (3 credits)
ENG 3892
Shakespeare, Honors. (3 credits)
ENG 3903A
Women, Literature, and Language, Pre-1800. (3 credits)
Literature and Culture after 1800 (3 credits)
ENG 3601B
Studies in Major Writers After 1800. (3 credits)
ENG 3604B
Special Topics in Literature and Language After 1800. (3 credits)
ENG 3606
Modern Drama. (3 credits)
ENG 3701
American Literature: 1800 to Mid-19th Century. (3 credits)
ENG 3702
American Literature: Mid-19th Century to 1900. (3 credits)
ENG 3703
American Literature: 1900 to 1950. (3 credits)
ENG 3704
American Literature: 1950 to present. (3 credits)
ENG 3806
British Romantic Literature. (3 credits)
ENG 3807
Victorian Literature. (3 credits)
ENG 3808
Modern British Literature. (3 credits)
ENG 3809
Contemporary British and Anglophone Literatures. (3 credits)
ENG 3903B
Women, Literature, and Language, Post-1800. (3 credits)
Genre Studies (3 credits)
ENG 3606
Modern Drama. (3 credits)
ENG 3802
Shakespeare. (3 credits)
or
ENG 3892
Shakespeare, Honors. (3 credits)
ENG 4742
Studies in Genre. (3 credits)
ENG 2504G
Film and Literature. (3 credits)
ENG 4904
Studies in Film. (3 credits)
Multicultural and Non-Western Literatures (6 credits)
ENG 3705
American Multicultural Literatures. (3 credits)
And one of:
ENG 2705G
African American and Africana Literatures. (3 credits)
ENG 2850
Postcolonial Literatures in English. (3 credits)
ENG 3009G
Myth and Culture. (3 credits)
ENG 3604D
Special Topics in Multicultural Literatures. (3 credits)
ENG 3907
Asian Literatures. (3 credits)
ENG 4750
Studies in African American Literature. (3 credits)
ENG 4850
Studies in Postcolonial and Third World Literatures. (3 credits)
Capstone Experiences (3 credits)
ENG 4801
Integrating the English Language Arts. (3 credits)
ENG 4060
English Studies Career Development. (1 credits)
(Recommended, Not Required)
English Electives (6 credits)
Two additional courses in English, chosen from any of the above or from English Electives.
Two courses in a single foreign language may be counted if numbered 2000 or above, not taught in English, and not offered for Gen Ed credit.
Professional Education Core (34 Credits)
EDF 2555G
Education in a Diverse Society: The Multilingual/Multicultural Classroom. (3 credits)
EDF 4550
Critical Focus on Education. (3 credits)
EDP 2330
Educational Psychology/Foundations for Teachers. (3 credits)
SED 2000
Inquiry Into Teaching. (2 credits)
SED 3330
Instructional Tasks in the Secondary School. (4 credits)
SED 4330
Literacy, Assessment, and Differentiation in Secondary Schools. (3 credits)
SPE 4500
The Education of Individuals with Exceptional Learning Needs: Access to the General Curriculum. (3 credits)
(SPE 3500 may be substituted for SPE 4500 if previously taken.)
STG 4000
Multicultural/Disabilities Practicum. (1 credits)
STG 4001
Student Teaching. (6 to 16 credits)
(Register for 12 semester hours)
Footnotes:
Concurrent or prior registration in ENG 2205 is strongly recommended for majors in all courses at the 2000-level or above.
Major GPA based on all English courses taken at EIU except ENG 0990, 0995, 1000, 1001G, 1002G, 1091G, 1092G.
